raffle
noun
[ ˈraf(ə)l ]
• a means of raising money by selling numbered tickets, one or some of which are subsequently drawn at random, the holder or holders of such tickets winning a prize.
• "a raffle ticket"
Similar:
lottery,
(prize) draw,
sweepstake,
sweep,
tombola,
ballot,
Instants,
lotto,
numbers game/pool/racket,
tote,
pakapoo,
raffle
verb
• offer as a prize in a raffle.
• "a toy polar bear was due to be raffled for the appeal"
Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a kind of dice game): from Old French, of unknown origin. The current sense dates from the mid 18th century.
raffle
noun
• rubbish; refuse.
• "the raffle of the yard below"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘rabble, riff-raff’): perhaps from Old French ne rifle ne rafle ‘nothing at all’.
